Lynn Tilton Honored with Luminary Award at Women’s History Month
Celebration by Womensphere® and The Urban Zen Foundation

March 29, 2011 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lynn Tilton, founder and CEO of Patriarch Partners, LLC, (Patriarch) a
private equity firm and holding company managing 74 companies with
annual revenues of more than $8 billion, was honored with the Luminary
Award at the Women’s History Month Celebration organized by Womensphere
and The Urban Zen Foundation. The event, which took place last night at
the Urban Zen Center in New York City, featured CEOs, thought leaders
and policy makers as well as performances by renowned artists and talks
by women innovators who are positively impacting the world, inspiring
brighter futures for all.

“I am indelibly honored to receive this award which so fittingly
describes the intent of both my mission and business to create light in
a world of darkness and to be a force of hope and inspiration,” said
Tilton.

"The Luminary Award is one that we give to women whose leadership,
innovation, and personal commitment have illuminated and inspired the
lives of millions, and positively transformed the world,” said Analisa
Leonor Balares, CEO & Founder of Womensphere. “We are honored to give
Lynn Tilton our inaugural Luminary Award, as her life, vision and
leadership provide a shining light to millions the world over."

Urban Zen Foundation, founded by designer Donna Karan, creates,
connects, and collaborates to raise awareness and inspire change in the
areas of well-being, preserving cultures, and empowering children. The
Foundation design forums, partner with existing organizations and bring
together experts to define solutions and implement action. http://www.urbanzen.org/

About Patriarch Partners, LLC:

Patriarch Partners, LLC, is a private equity firm and holding company
managing 74 companies with annual revenues of more than $8 billion.
Founded by Wall Street veteran Lynn Tilton in 2000, Patriarch is
dedicated to saving American manufacturing jobs by saving American
companies that have fallen from economic favor. Since its inception,
Patriarch has bought more than 150 companies, and in so doing has saved
over 250,000 jobs. Patriarch’s portfolio includes a broad range of
industrial concerns including Dura Automotive, American LaFrance,
Denali, and MD Helicopters, in addition to iconic American brands such
as Rand McNally, Spiegel Catalogs and Stila Cosmetics. Under Ms.
Tilton's leadership, Patriarch has become the largest woman-owned
business in America employing more than 120,000 employees. For more
information, please visit: www.patriarchpartners.com.